KJP

You're not going to like my article tomorrow either.

LOL USA. What does it say about the state of transit in the United States when Disney World operates the 10th largest transit agency in the country—and the largest in a state of 23 million people with a GDP equivalent to Australia?

Could be! I don't really know/care how SHW spends its money as long as they spend it here.

Rail along the lakeshore east of downtown to Collinwood looks to be a missing piece, especially when an underutilized rail right of way is there along with a potential for significant redevelopment. Imagine if a public entity got a hold of the rail right of way and major properties along it, then offered them up in totality in an RFP to transportation/real estate consortia.

Sherwin-Williams HQ opening delayed 7 months By Ken Prendergast / February 6, 2025 NEOtrans was first to report several weeks ago that a grand-opening ceremony for Sherwin-Williams’ new headquarters was scheduled for next month despite that a “major hiccup and flaw” in construction of the tower had to be repaired. Now, that ceremony has been pushed back by seven months, according to public records secured by NEOtrans. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/02/06/sherwin-williams-hq-opening-delayed-7-months/

That's not going to happen when they institutionally don't trust their drivers.

And I should have said "Totally awesome" like "Radical."

He doesn't take the L. His name is "ITakeTheRapid". Thank you. I'll be here all week.

Restructured Calif. High-Speed Rail Is Poised to Lay Track Now under new leadership, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is set to move into a new phase of development. Plans are to begin train service in the Central Valley in five to eight years. https://www.govtech.com/transportation/restructured-calif-high-speed-rail-is-poised-to-lay-track

Ok, this is awesome. But it will have a shelf life of about 30 years when most of us Gen X'ers are gone.

Chipotle expanding to Ohio City By Ken Prendergast / February 5, 2025 When the chains start replacing mom-n-pop businesses in a growing neighborhood, some welcome them as a validation of its success while others reject them as a weakening of a neighborhood’s uniqueness that created that success in the first place. The replacement next year of the popular Soho Chicken + Whiskey with a Chipotle Mexican Grill is the latest example of that shift in Ohio City’s Market District in Cleveland. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/02/05/chipotle-expanding-to-ohio-city/

Is DeWine’s stadium tax idea a good bet? By Ken Prendergast / February 5, 2025 Everything from helping to finance a new stadium for the Cleveland Browns to funding sports programs for low-income families could be supported by a new sports facility and education fund sought by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in his proposed state budget. But the proposed fund doesn’t pick a stadium site for the Browns, which appears to give Downtown Cleveland site backers more of a win than it does for the owners of the pro football team. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/02/05/is-dewines-stadium-tax-idea-a-good-bet/

I doubt they'll bother doing that to the old rail fleet. I would be surprised if the new trains don't already have GPS. BTW, you don't really need GPS on trains since the trains short out the signal block they're in. And for transit, signal blocks are much shorter than they are for mainline railroads. So you can always track where trains are -- especially if the rail line and the trains are equipped with positive train control, which GCRTA's entire rail system are except for the light-rail branches. If you want to see how a signal block works, connect the two rails in a track with some jumper cables. If it's within the island circuit for a grade crossing, the gates will go down. If you're near a rail traffic control signal, it will go red (a useful thing police should know to do if a vehicle or other object is stuck on the tracks). On the downside, don't do it for long because the dispatcher will see that a signal block is occupied when it shouldn't be and he'll call the local police to investigate.

Maybe 10-15 years ago, there was another huge Amtrak contract (for some reason I think it was a $40+ million job) that came out of the Youngstown area which I believe was for sandblasting and painting a bridge on the Northeast Corridor. BTW, typically the largest Ohio Amtrak contractor was Cleveland Track Material which made specialty track switches and related materials. They got their raw steel shipped from Ukraine.

@Dougal Where have you seen this?

Found this. It became part of IBM Watson Health, which failed and was sold off in pieces but mostly to a San Francisco outfit called Francisco Partners. It was branded as Meritive that retains some of IBM Watson Health's executives... https://www.healthcare.digital/single-post/ibm-s-watson-was-once-heralded-as-the-future-of-healthcare-what-went-wrong

Unfortunately, no. I just stumbled on the listing yesterday.

I'm working on it...

Canon Healthcare USA picks Cleveland for HQ By Ken Prendergast / February 4, 2025 Over the past several years, Canon Healthcare USA was considering multiple locations inside and out of Greater Cleveland for its new headquarters. While most real estate insiders believed it would land at the former IMB Explorys headquarters, 10500 Cedar Ave., in Cleveland’s University Circle, it was not a done deal. With the city’s passage of a job creation income tax credit last night, it now appears to be. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/02/04/canon-healthcare-usa-picks-cleveland-for-hq/

This is on the University Circle side of East 105th.

Density of housing, jobs or visits is foremost.

Beautiful images! And great idea! 😉 More here....

Great idea! 😉 Mine was to go even farther, to Beachwood Place. If you look in the transit propensity map, you'll see the neighborhoods it goes through to get there are more transit-supportive, then the current Green Line routing.

Oh yeah. Forgot about that. They submitted for a sign about a month ago. I guess it's still not too late to report on it.

Cool old church. The building next door is kinda funky too. Hope these get bought and renovated. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2101-E-46th-St-Cleveland-OH/31740469/